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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JORGEN IRGENS, OF BERGEN, NORWAY.

FISH-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,912, dated September '7, 1880.

Application filed January 23, 1880 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoRGEN IRGENs, ot' Bergen, in the'Kingdom of Norway, have invented a new and Improved Fish-Hook Attachment,ot` which thetollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of fish-hooks which are provided with a bright polished or glistening attachment or bait to allure the ish.

My invention has for its objectto provide an attachment that will remain bright for an indefinite length of time, and that will not be a'ected by the action of the air and water, and is readily detachable from and attachable to the hook.

It consists in making a hollow open-ended attachment ot silvered or gilt glass or vitritied pottery, and in connecting the attachment With the hook, so that the water cannot get Within it.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved attachment connected with a sh-hook. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken on line c c ot` Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal section ofthe same, taken on line 7c k of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a ish-hook ot' ordinary form, and B represents the attachment, which, as here shown, is ot' the form of a ish. The attachment Bis made of glass, hollow inside, and with open ends. The glass employed in the nianufacture of the attachment may be white or tinted in suitable colors to imitate thevarious colored iish. The

inner surface of the attachment is coated with silver or goldfleaf, (represented by the heavy lines and indicated by the letter a.) Instead of silvered or gilt glass,vitrited pottery may be used. The attachment B is connected with the shank ofthe hook A by passing the hook through it in the manner shown, and then fastening it by means of cement, b, or putty nomical than the rigid attachments heretofore ing the hook in condition for use with an or-4 dinary bait, and can be as readily reappled.

I am aware that imitations ot' fish, minnows, o, have been used on lishing-hooks, snoods, 86o., to allure fish; but these have always been made heretofore ot' metal, which soon tarnished and required frequent polishing to keep the bait in order. Further, heretofore these imitation fish or minnows were swiveled on the snoods or hooks, so as to revolve freely, and the water could iiow through them.

My invention is to furnish an artificial minnow t'or the purpose of a bait which is impervious to the action ot' the water or air, and which is attached to the shank ot the hook so as to'be easily removed therefrom or attached to the shank, but having its interior surface protected against the entrance of water. I therefore expressly disclaim metal imitations ot' minnows, dac., and also attaching the bait so that it will revolve on the hook or snood and allow the water to enter within it.

I claim- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the attachment or bait B for tishing-hooks, said attachment being of glass or other transparent vitrited material externally, and with the inner lining, a, of metal or coloring substance, substantially as described.

2. The glass or transparent Vitritied tubular attachment or bait B, made in one piece and rigidly attached at the ends only to the shank of the hook, in combination with the said shank d, which is passed entirely through the attachment B, and with the plugs b in the ends of the same, substantially as described.

The foregoing description of my invention signed by me this 27th day of November, 1879.

JORGEN IRGENS.

Witnesses ULRICH RUEL, ANDRE JAooBsEN. 

